February

Certain months are just harder than most. February is my dreaded month and my heroine, Katherine Hathaway, agrees. In this scene from my soon-to-be-released novel, Brooklyn Bitters, she foresees the hardest month of her life:

I sipped hot tea, stretched out on a recliner, gazing out my bedroom window. February had arrived with a whimper. The vivid colors of fall were now raked or withered, and gray clouds and misty rain cast their gloom over the city. A few Christmas trees laid decaying on the curb and the neighbor a few doors down begrudgingly leaned an old ladder against his house to remove the holiday lights. All of the tragedies in my life happened in February, twenty-eight days holding my breath and waiting for it to be over.

And here we are, in February. It can’t be a coincidence that February carries such a wallop.

About Fiction Writer Sally Saylor DeSmet

The official website for multi award winning author, Sally Saylor De Smet. Her groundbreaking book, Pages in the Wind, has won multiple awards and also recognized by the psychiatric community as a great read for those interested in emotion and survival under seemingly impossible conditions. A favorite among thriller readers, it's been celebrated as a book that stays with you long after you've finished reading. Her next book, Brooklyn Bitters, a story of betrayal, revenge, and love is due out fall of 2017. Expect the unexpected.